The Crucible

For, years that Arthur Miller had to work hard, and did some not good things. There was a book that he have to try to send it the hard way and he successful did it. Now it’s not about that book, I will discuss The Crucible, and I will also talk about the creator of the book. The Crucible appears to be a tragedy and drama. Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915 and died on February 10,…...

In The Crucible there is a mass hysteria happening about witchcraft and Judge Danforth conducts the witchcraft trials. Judge Danforth has a dominating personality with a dictatorship way to the Purtain Law. While trying to commit the witches, some innocent people are killed, and lives have been ruined because Judge Danforth refuses to believe John Proctor. Judge Danforth is ruled by the law and religion. He would rather see people die than be humiliated by being proved wrong. Another authority…...

Throughout the ages, humans have proven themselves countless times to be disloyal, selfish, and underhanded. It is with a degree of smugness and superiority that we often regard events such as the cruel, corrupt governmental systems of the past, abuses of the church, and mass murders in the name of religion. We tend to believe that we have made improvements in areas such the definition and protection of personal freedoms and we have faith that our journalists will uncover and…...

The Crucible is full of heat, suspense, extramarital sex, public lies and ruthless prosecution, All of which add up to produce a book in which the theme of fear and paranoia is unquestionably a part in these small-town people's lives. During the crucible, Miller tries to project a lot of fear and paranoia into his work, enabling the reader to physically and emotionally feel their part in Salem's history. Salem is taken from the Hebrew Shalom meaning peace however from…...

The theme of the play centers around the ideas of Respect & Reputation. Specifically, the message the author is trying to get across to the audience is that the importance placed on Respect & Reputation within a society can sometimes be over the top and unreasonable to the well-being of an individual. Rather than focusing on other aspects of life such as family and friends, the characters in the play take an extreme approach toward gaining power through the Respect…...

The writing happens in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 during the Salem witch trials. The play is a fictionalized version of the trials and tells the story of a group of young Salem ladies, Who were desperate enough to try “Dark Magic” and get caught to get out of trouble they start to accuse other villagers of witchcraft. The accusations and succeeding trials push the village into a hysteria, which ends up with the arrest of two hundred villagers and the…...

As the chinese philosopher, Confucius, once said, “Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising everytime we fall.” With this Confucius means to say that you feel more accomplished when you overcome great obstacles to get to where you are in life rather than taking an easy path with nothing stopping you. Throughout the pieces “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, The Crucible, act 4, by Arthur Miller, “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes, and The Narrative…...

Introduction Two authors. Two backgrounds. Two principles. Two stories. Aldous Huxley the author of Brave New World and Arthur Miller the author of The Crucible share many of the same ideologies regarding character development in their novels. Aldous Huxley had a different background than Arthur Miller in reference to the time period that they were alive during. Aldous Huxley was born over 20 years before Arthur Miller. This caused their writing styles to differ. Miller also decided to write on…...

Arthur Miller wrote the play, The Crucible, based on a true historical event that took place in Massachusetts Bay Colony that was known as the beginning of witchcraft in the year 1692 located in Salem. This play is a reflection of Miller’s interpretation based on a modern yet historically even that led to a tragedy later on. In The Crucible, Arthur Miller uses diction, figurative language and rhetorical appeals in order to convey the audience his message through the lens…...

In the playwriting The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller is a play demonstrating the importance of the Salem Massachusetts Witch Trials that occurred in 1692. Arthur Miller's motivations for The Crucible were persuaded by Senator Joseph McCarthy's examination concerning the conviction that communism was being spread. What had asked Arthur Miller to clarify such an event is the communism that had been going on in the period from 1950-1954 which got him to elucidate such a point. While throughout the…...